Graduating > Masters > MCAT > Medschool?

[timshady]

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Background: Graduating May 2014, I.T./PreMedical, GPA ~3.5; have not taken psychology, biochemistry, sociology.

Plan: After graduating I plan on working full time as a software developer while working towards a masters degree in computer science. I had plans on working at a university (that also has a medical school) but I'm unsure of how that will work out. Regardless, I won't be taking the MCAT for another couple of years; I won't be attempting med school until I've got my masters and have paid off my current student loan debt. Since I haven't taken the new courses for the 2015 MCAT I'll have to self study those.

Current questions: Will graduate school + work experience help me in getting accepted to medical school? What is the process of getting letters of recommendation for someone who has been out of school for x years? What are good resources for learning the new content on the 2015 MCAT? I've done some looking around but when you're trying to teach yourself biochemistry it's hard to really know where to begin.

To boil everything down, what can I do to keep up while beginning a career as a developer and will my path make it more difficult to become a physician?

 

[hubriz]

If this should be in non-trad, please move it.

Background: Graduating May 2014, I.T./PreMedical, GPA ~3.5; have not taken psychology, biochemistry, sociology.

Plan: After graduating I plan on working full time as a software developer while working towards a masters degree in computer science. I had plans on working at a university (that also has a medical school) but I'm unsure of how that will work out. Regardless, I won't be taking the MCAT for another couple of years; I won't be attempting med school until I've got my masters and have paid off my current student loan debt. Since I haven't taken the new courses for the 2015 MCAT I'll have to self study those.

Current questions: Will graduate school + work experience help me in getting accepted to medical school? What is the process of getting letters of recommendation for someone who has been out of school for x years? What are good resources for learning the new content on the 2015 MCAT? I've done some looking around but when you're trying to teach yourself biochemistry it's hard to really know where to begin.

To boil everything down, what can I do to keep up while beginning a career as a developer and will my path make it more difficult to become a physician?

Interestingly I am acquaintances with a physician who works full-time as a computer scientist for DuPont and part-time as a pediatrician at a local practice. Bridge the gap between medicine and technology and you should be able to bolster your application. Of course, you'll have to show leadership, community or public service and dedication to medicine (which currently seems to be lacking) via more traditional avenues in addition to taking the MCAT.

 

[timshady]

Interestingly I am acquaintances with a physician who works full-time as a computer scientist for DuPont and part-time as a pediatrician at a local practice. Bridge the gap between medicine and technology and you should be able to bolster your application. Of course, you'll have to show leadership, community or public service and dedication to medicine (which currently seems to be lacking) via more traditional avenues in addition to taking the MCAT.

I did an internship at an ARC (helps the mentally disabled) in an I.T. position after high school & another internship at a teaching hospital working on reports for physicians. Not exactly patient contact, but I've done work in medical settings. I'm.... financially disadvantaged, so it's been hard to find extra time between working & school work to do any kind of volunteering. I did do some volunteering at a local clinic but it was short lived as my transportation wasn't reliable and I couldn't make it there anymore.

 

[achieve1]

I have some similarities to where you want to be minus the pre-med. I graduated with a degree in CS in 2011 and have been working professionally as a software developer since then. I am also currently in a part-time Masters program for systems engineering. Planning on going for a post-bacc this coming Fall to take all of the required pre-reqs and hopefully begin a great (and super tough) journey to medical school. So far some of the feedback that I've received were very positive in regards to this career change. Important things to consider are ECs (preferably with clinical experience) and some shadowing as well.